BERTHOUD — The high-end auction catalog for the 2014 Berthoud Bash fundraiser now has some superhero power.

The comic-style magazine tells how the Berthoud School Fund raises money for technology and other educational upgrades, while spotlighting the town's five public schools and the event sponsors. Advanced Placement art students used specs to create the comic images for Bash Magazine.

"We believe, although the event is one night a year, that the story is a 12-month story," said Chris Kouns, event coordinator of the Berthoud Bash with Suzanne Cavey. "We should focus on the fact that schools need us to be engaged in what they're doing all the time."

The sixth annual Berthoud Bash, Superheroes for Education, will be March 15 at Embassy Suites Loveland, with discounted registration required by Monday.

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The bash, the only fundraiser put on by the Berthoud School Fund, will present a dinner and live and silent auctions, plus an art auction showcasing the students' work for the magazine. Thirteen students each created the images.

The first four years of the Berthoud Bash, organizers printed an auction catalog but changed it into an insert in a magazine last year, so that the magazine could be distributed all year.

"The ongoing success of the Berthoud Bash is a testament to the value that the Berthoud community has placed in investing in quality education for our children," said board member Scott Cavey, according to a press statement about the event.

In six years, the bash raised $500,000 for the schools to cover the gaps from cuts to pre-K-12 funding, with most of the purchases in the areas of technology, equipment and instructional resources. The purchases each year are what school principals identify as the top needs for their schools.

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